Detachable cleat for shoes



July 20, 1937. I P. E. WIMMENAUER g 2,087,634

DETACHAB LE GLEAT FOR snons Filed Feb. 25, 1937 l l /2 /5 4f ll 7 A? Inventor Wz'n'lmenauer Patented July 20, 1937 UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFIQE 2 Claims.

The present invention relates to cleats for shoes and is designed particularly for use by baseball players whereby to prevent injury caused by the so-called spiked shoes While at the same time serving to prevent slipping of the player upon soft or wet ground.

One of the important objects of the present invention is to provide a cleat which may be detachably secured to the shoe, which may be secured thereto without necessitating any alterations in the construction thereof, relatively inexpensive to manufacture, relatively easy to install and replace and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which it is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout and in which:-

Figure 1 is a side elevational View of a shoe heel showing the cleat in position thereon.

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view.

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of the cleat showing the clamping plates in section.

Figure 4 is an end elevational View of one of the cleats.

Figure 5 is a perspective view thereof.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, wherein for the purpose of illustration I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral 5 designates a shoe heel to which a pair of plates 6 and 1 are secured in superposed relation by nails or the like 8. The plates 6 and 1 are preferably in the form of an open frame as more clearly illustrated in Figure 2 of the drawing, the central portion of the plates being removed to provide an opening 9.

The inner surface of the outermost plate 1 is formed with laterally extending grooves l arranged in spaced parallel pairs, as clearly illustrated in Figure 2 of the drawing and preferably formed in the material of the plate by pressing the grooves outwardly to form ribs II on the outer surface of the outermost plate 1.

Cleats 12, preferably constructed of rounded spring steel are bent intermediate their ends and having their end portions l3 slightly diverging and inserted in the grooves l0 whereby to frictionally retain the cleats in position therein. The outer portions of the cleats are bent angu larly from the end portions I3, as shown at M and extending downwardly with respect to the shoe with the lower end of said angular portion M converging to form a relatively blunt point l for penetrating the ground.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that the cleats l2 may be easily removed and placed in position within the grooves [0 of the plates, the spring tension of the ends [3 serving to secure the cleats in position therein.

It is believed the construction and operation of a the device will be readily understood from the foregoing without further detailed explanation.

The present embodiment of the invention has been described in considerable detail merely for the purposes of exemplification since in actual practice it attains the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description.

Having described the invention what is claimed as new is:-

1. A shoe cleat comprising a pair of superposed plates secured to the bottom of the shoe, laterally extending grooves formed in the upper surface of the lowermost plate, and cleats removably secured in said grooves between the plates.

2. A shoe cleat comprising a pair of superposed plates secured to the bottom of the shoe, grooves formed in the upper surface of the lowermost plate and arranged in pairs extending laterally with respect to the plates and cleats secured in said grooves and comprising a wire member bent intermediate its ends for positioning said ends in said grooves, the intermediate portion of the cleats being bent angularly downwardly and provided with a ground penetrating prong.

PAUL E. WIMMENAUER. 

